Democracy • Journalism • Legal • Press Freedom
Why the Fight for Local Journalism Matters
Joel Simon
Columbia Journalism Review
To sustain this new system, Thornton told me, nonprofit news organizations need diversified funding from membership, sponsorship, events, and philanthropy, which will need to support local media in perpetuity, the way they do the arts.
Published On: 04/16/2025
Global • Safety
Have things reached the point where it’s time to leave the U.S.?
David Kirp
San Francisco Chronicle
No one, except perhaps the authors of Project 2025, could have predicted that the so-called guardrails of democracy were made of papier-mâché, that this country could so quickly be teetering on the precipice of autocracy.
Published On: 04/12/2025
Technology
The Shocking Far-Right Agenda Behind the Facial Recognition Tech Used by ICE and the FBI
LUKE O’BRIEN
Mother Jones
Thousands of newly obtained documents show that Clearview AI’s founders always intended to target immigrants and the political left. Now their digital dragnet is in the hands of the Trump administration.
Published On: 04/10/2025
Legal
Trump signs orders targeting two ex-officials who criticized him
Steve Holland
Reuters
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed directives targeting two former government officials who criticized him during his first term, calling one of them a traitor and saying they should be investigated.
Published On: 04/10/2025
Journalism • Press Freedom
AP wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can’t bar its journalists
DAVID BAUDER
Associated Press
A federal judge ordered the White House on Tuesday to restore The Associated Press’ full access to cover presidential events, affirming on First Amendment grounds that the government cannot punish the news organization for the content of its speech.
Published On: 04/09/2025